Sleigh-runner.



- K M Ci W. KLAUS.

SLBIGH RUNNER.

APPLICATION FILED FHBJ, 1910.

Patented June 14; 1910.

fig z sierra ears last no f WILLIAM KLAUS, OF NEW HAVENfCONNEGTICUT;

SLEIGH-RU'NNER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM KLAUs, a

'- citizen of the United States, residing at New 'Haven i the count of New Haven and 1 c State of 'Connectlcut, havemvented a new and useful Improvement in Sleigh-Runners;

and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saidv drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l a side view of a sleigh runner constructed in accordance with my invention and shown applied to a vehicle wheel. Fig. 2 a top or plan view of the runner detached.

This invention relates to an improvement. in sleigh runners, and particularly to a runner adapted to be applied to a vehicle wheel for use on snow or ice.

Various devices have been made to pro- I vide wheel vehicle with runners.

:Th object of this invention is a simple dvi c ge" which may be readily applied to a wlieel so that a wheel vehicle is quickly and conveniently converted into a sleigh; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims. e In carrying out my invention I employ a shoe 2 which is formed from a long, strip of metal preferably curved at its outere'nd and turned down and secured to the runnerto form a forward post 3. Secured to the shoe are two or morepairs of U-shaped posts 4 and connected with these posts are sides 5,

i 6, these sides being preferably formed from a single strip of metal doubled at the center where it is connected with the post 3 and the rear ends turned inward and secured to the rear end of the shoe 2. These sides are inclined andthe posts 4 are of ditl'erent lengths, corrcspondin to the inclination of the sides Preferably tile sides bow inward slightly,

Specification of Letters Patent.

and the distance between the sides cor-be Patented June 14, 1910.

Application filed February 7, 1910. Serial No. 542,539.

drawn onto the runner between the sides 5 and 6, and to hold the runner in place a bolt 7 may be inserted through the sides near the forward end to engage with one of the spokes 8 of the wheel, therim 9 of the wheel extending between the bolt and the front post 3. In use the wheels will pvct'crably be blocked in any desired manner.

This device may be readily formed "from wrought iron or steel, is easily constructed and easily applied or removed .from vehicle wheels and requires no special attachment other than the bolt referred to as the sides of the runner lit the wheel so closely as to be held in place by frictiom v 1. Aslcigh-runner comprising a longshoe,

posts extending upward from said shoe, and two inclined side pieces secured to said posts and to the shoe and adapted to receive a wheel between them.

2. A sleigh runner comprising a long shoe,

ing witnesses.

WILLIAM KLAUS. I Witnesses:

'HENRY B. SCHWARTZ, PAUL Himoi-zn. 

